Overview

Using excerpts from letters, diaries, and reminiscences, Cloth & Comfort illustrates how quilts went beyond their given purposes of warmth and decoration to serve as reminders of families, loved ones, and special events. Their intricate designs and deliberate stitches reflected hopes, dreams, fears, and frustrations in an age when women had few legitimate outlets for their feelings and creative impulses. Juxtaposed with the often poignant voices of the quilters are details of the quilts themselves, along with...

Hardcover New 1994 Copyright Date, Stated First Edition, 64 pages, 7 x 7.5 in size, Hardcover with dustjacket in protected mylar cover (removable). Out-of-Print. Nice Color ...Photos! Book is Unused. Publisher's remainder mark on page edges/cover at top of book. Inside pages are in Excellent Condition with no tears and with no notations (no pencil marks, no underlining, no highlighting, etc. )Read moreShow Less

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Using excerpts from letters, diaries, and reminiscences, Cloth & Comfort illustrates how quilts went beyond their given purposes of warmth and decoration to serve as reminders of families, loved ones, and special events. Their intricate designs and deliberate stitches reflected hopes, dreams, fears, and frustrations in an age when women had few legitimate outlets for their feelings and creative impulses. Juxtaposed with the often poignant voices of the quilters are details of the quilts themselves, along with charming accoutrements of the craft, such as elaborately carved needle cases and silver thimbles, as well as period photos and advertising trade cards.

The American Quilt established Rod Kiracofe's reputation as one of the foremost authorities on the uniquely American art form known as the patchwork quilt. Now, in a gift-size follow-up, Kiracofe continues to explore the beauty of the American quilting tradition and the lives of the women who have maintained it. 100 full-color photographs and illustrations.

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